Chute.



PATBNTED NOV. 7, 1905.

E. ROBNIUS.

CHUTE.

APPLIGATIoN FILED JAN.10, 1905.

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CHUTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '7, 1905.

Application filed January 18, 1905. Serial No. 241,694.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND RoENIUs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Wood and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Chute, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates more particularly to improvements in thatclass of chutes that are placed in basement-walls and the like to permitthe passage of coal, wood, and other substances therethrough, thoughsaid invention is useful for many other analogous purposes, as will beapparent.

Among the objects of the present invention the following may bementioned as important: the provision of a simple structure of a novelnature that maybe readily set in a wall by an ordinary mechanic, astructure that constitutes an efficient chute without obstructions forthe lodgment of material when opened, and the provision of efficientmeans for closing the chute and securely locking the same when closed,so that the closure for said chute cannot be forced from the outside.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, where- Figure 1 is a sectional view in perspective, showingthe chute in place in a wall and closed. Fig. 2 is also a sectional viewshowing the chute opened. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of said chute. Fig.4 is a detail sectional View through one of the locking devices and themounting therefor. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view through one of thehinge-joints; and Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of one of said lockingdevices, the same being a detail section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated a body member is employed comprising a topwall 7, a bottom wall 8, and side walls 9. The top wall 7 is providedwith upstanding anges 10, arranged to embrace the wall in which thechute is placed, while the bottom 8 is considerably longer than the topwall 7 and inclines continuously downward from its outer edge, therebyforming a lip 11, that projects inwardly beyond the wall in which thebody is placed, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bottom and sidewalls are provided at their outer ends with outstanding iianges 12,forming, in effect, a frame that covers the outer face of thebuilding-wall contiguous to said body member.

A closure for the body member is provided in the form of an outer ribbedwall 13, hinged at its lower end to the lower outer portion of the bodymember. As shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the lower corners of the wall 13 areprovided with socketed lugs 14, while the adjacent portions of the bodymember are provided with sleeves 15, that aline with said lugs. Pintles16 are passed through the sleeves 15 and are seated in the sockets ofthe lugs 14, being secured in place by suitable rivets or otherfasteners 17. These connections constitute hinge-joints between the bodyand closure members. The ribbed lwall 13 is adapted to fit snugly withinthe walls of the body member, and, as shown in Fig. 1, its outer face atthe margins is located within the outer faces of the flanges 10 12.There is thus no joint between the parts which will permit theintroduction of an instrument for the purpose of successfully forcingthe closure 13 outwardly when said closure is within the said walls.

The ribbed wall 13 is provided at its opposite side edges withinwardly-extending wings 18, that operate adjacent to thc side walls 9and terminate in reduced abutment elements or lugs 19, havingsubstantially fiat outer shoulders 20. Located in the path of movementof said shoulders are stop elements or lugs 21, carried by the sidewalls 9 and arranged to limit the outward swinging movement of theclosure member, so that the wall 13 thereof is alined with the bottom 8,as shown in Fig. 2. When the wall 13 is in closed position, the abutmentelements 19 project beyond the inner ends of the side walls 9 and belowinwardly-extending lugs 22, carried by said inner ends.Pivotallysupported on these lugs 22 are locking elements or devices inthe form of dogs 23, secured to the lower sides of said lugs 22 andarranged to swing between the same and the abutment elements 19. Theyare adapted to be locked in operative positions by means of springkeys24, passed through openings in the lugs 19 and 22, which openings alinewhen the locking devices are swung between said lugs. A suitable handle25, formed upon the upper portion of the outer face of the wall 13,affords convenient means for swinging the same to open position.

It will be clear that when the closure is fitted within the body memberand fastened the same is positively locked on the inside and cannot beforced from the outside. YVhen- IOO IIO

said closure isunlocked and swung to open position, it will be seen thata comparatively long chute with a continuous inclined bottom isafforded, having a mouth which projects a considerable distanceoutwardly beyond the building-wall, so as to'atford convenient receivingmeans for the material to be passed through said chute, and thatfin likemanner a lip is provided beyond the inner face of the wall that directssuch material beyond the wall. While the structure is perhapsparticularly useful as a fuel-chute, it will be apparent that it may bereadily employed for vegetables and many analogous purposes.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isl l. In a chute of the class described, thecombination with a body member having a` substantially vertical frontface, said body member furthermore having side walls a top and a bottom,said bottom being longer than the top and inclining downwardlythroughout its length from its outer edge, forming an inwardly-extendinglipat its inner end, the side walls having their lower portionsextending inwardly at the opposite edges of the said lip of a movableclosure associated Awith the body member, and means for locking theclosure against movement.

2. In a chute of the class described, the combination with a body memberhaving a sub-l stantially vertical outer end, a top provided with spacedupstanding wallembracing flanges at its outer and inner edges, a bottomlonger than `the top and inclining downwardly throughout its length fromits outer edge, said bottom forming an inwardly-extending lip at itsinner end and side walls, the lower portions of which incline inwardlyand downwardly to the inner end of Isaid lip, of an outwardly-swingingclosure hinged to the lower outer portion of the body member, and meansfor limiting the outward swinging movement of the closure to hold thesame in substantial alinement with the bottom.

3. In a chute of the class described, the combination with a body memberhaving a downwardly-inclined bottom, a top and side walls, of a closuremember, hinges connecting the lower end of the closure member and thebottom to permit the outward swinging movement of the closure member toa position in substantial alinement with the bottom at its outer edge,said hinges also permitting the inward-swinging movement of the closuremember to a position between the top, bottom, and walls of the body withits outer margins inset within the outer edges of said walls, top andbottom,and meansfor limiting the said swinging movement of the closuremember.

' 4. In a chute of the class described, the combination with a bodymember, of a closure vmember movably associated therewith, a lockingelement and a stop element carried by one member, and an abutmentelement carried by the other memberv and coacting with both said lockingand stop elements.

5. In achute of the class described, the combination with a body member,of a closure member hinged thereto, a locking element and a stop elementcarried by the body member, and an abutment element carried by theclosure member, said abutment element operating between and coactingboth with said locking and said stop elements'.

6. In a chute ofthe class described, the combination with a body member,of a closure member hinged thereto, a locking element located at theinner portion of the body member, a stop element carried by anintermediate portion of the body member, and an abutment element carriedby the closure member and engaging the stop element on its outwardmovement, said abutment element also coacting with the locking elementupon its inward movement.

7 In achute of the class described, the combination with a body member,of a closure member movably associated therewith and having anabutment-shoulder, a stop carried IOO by the body member and located inthe path y of movement of the shoulder, and a locking device movableinto the path of movement of said shoulder.

8. In a chute ofthe class described, the combination with a body member,of a closure member movably associated therewith and having anabutment-shoulder, a stop carried by the body member and located in thepath of movement of the shoulder, a locking device pivoted upon the bodymember and movable into the path of movement of the shoulder, and meansfor securing the locking device against movement.

9. In a chute ofthe class described, thecombination with a body memberhaving a shoulder, of a closure member hinged to the body member andhaving a shoulder arranged to assume a position contiguous to theshoulder IIO IZO

of the body member, and a locking device movable to a position betweenthe shoulders to secure the closure member.

10. In a chute of the class described, the combination with a bodymember comprising walls, of a closure member hinged to the outer portionof the body member and having inwardly-extending side wings terminatingin abutment elements, stops carried by certain walls of the body memberand located in the path of movement of the abutment elements,inwardly-extending lugs carried by the body member, said abutmentelements being arranged to swing below the same, locking devices pivotedupon the lugs and arranged to engage over the abutment elements, andmeans for securing the devices against swinging movement.

ll. In a chute of the class described, the combination with a bodymember having a shoulder, of a closure member hinged to the body memberand having a shoulder arranged to assume a position contiguous to theshoulder of the body member, a locking device pivoted upon the shoulderof the body member and movable to a position over the shoulder of theclosure member, and a key arranged to engage the shoulder of the bodymember and the locking device to hold the latter against its pivotalmovement.

12. In a chute of the class described, the combination with a bodymember having walls, spaced sleeves carried by one of the walls, aclosure for the body member having socketed lugs that aline with thesleeves, pintles passing through the sleeves and engaging in the lugs,and means for securing said pintles in the lugs.

13. In a chute of the class described, the ,y

combination with a body member comprising surrounding walls andoutstanding anges, of

a closure member comprising a wall arranged to tit within the body-wallsand inside the outer faces of the flanges, and hinges connecting thelower margin of the closure-wall and the lower body-wall, said hingescomprising socketed lugs carried by one of the walls, sleeves carried bythe flanges, and pintles engaging in the sleeves and sockets of thelugs, said hinges permitting the inset relation of the closure-wall withrespect to the flanges.

14. In a chute of the class described, the combination with a bodymember having an inwardly-extending shoulder, of an outwardly-swingingclosure member hinged to the body member and having aninwardly-extending shoulder that assumes a position below the shoulderof the body member when the closure member is in operative or closedposition upon the body member, and a dog pivoted upon the shoulder ofthe body member and having a swinging movement to a position between theshoulders to lock the closure against its outward-swinging movement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND ROENIUS.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. GAYNOR, OTTo R. RoENIUs.

